suffocating sensation and feeling.

Posted by mastermind007 @mastermind007, 15 hours ago

I had a syncope about 3 month ago and hit my head in the back while blacking out.
After this event i went to the hospital to check my head and it was all okay.
A week later after the incident i started experiencing this suffocating feeling to explain more deeply first both when i was awake and insleep i was constantly having breathing issues where i felt there wasnt enough air or oxygen in my lungs and had this craving to breath more deeply but the feeling never went away.
Also i had toi pay attention to my breathing patterns or i would kinda stop breathing entirely.
I have also checked my lungs and heart and there have been no issues with them recenlty.
I have alos had deppresion and anxiety issues in the past but have never expericened panic attacks or things like this that i have mentioned here.
I have also started some anti deppresion meds to see if they would help with the issue but so long they havnt been that much affective in thts matter.
So right now i kinda feel frustrated and burnout and dont know what to do since this issue has affected my daiuly life entirely and doesnt go away for the most part.
If anyone has experiended something similar or knows whats wrong with me i would appreciate it.

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9yearspast | @9yearspast | 8 hours ago

Do you think it might be a medication side effect? Can you ask your doc? I have anxiety from many antidepressants and finally have one that doesn’t cause it.

laura1970 | @laura1970 | 6 hours ago

Im sorry you’re are going through this. Different antidepressants take different amounts of time to reach their peak efficacy. Might ask your doc about your specific med. Might me that it just takes a little longer to work or that you require a different dosage

celia16 | @celia16 | 4 hours ago

That sounds really stressful. My mom has had chronic sensation of can’t breathe for many years. But, when her oxygen level is checked, it’s fine. Normally, she’d get okay after getting Ativan. She refuses to take anxiety meds. She used to take Vistoril and that helped too. When in the ER she couldn’t lay back because she couldn’t breathe. Same with the dentist. She can’t go be cause she can’t lay back in the chair…says she can’t breathe. She is able to lay back at the hair salon though! That’s the only place. And, in bed.

You might get your lungs checked out though. Just to rule out any lung issues.